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Delilah WINDER

Delilah WINDER

Female 1880 - 1963  (82 years)


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  • Name Delilah WINDER 
    Birth 13 Dec 1880  , Columbia, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Census 1883  , Columbia, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Washington State and Territorial 
    Census Apr 1887  , Garfield, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1949  Bellflower, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1953  Bellflower, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    cemetery Aug 1963  Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mountain View Cemetery 
    Name Lila WINDER 
    _UID 4BACEAB95A604306AB4F8280C9C50F2D63EC 
    Death 26 Aug 1963  Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I6120  WinderWonderland
    Last Modified 7 Dec 2014 

    Father Francis Nelson WINDER,   b. 29 Nov 1839, , Coshocton, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1907, Dayton, Columbia, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Mary Eliza WHETSTONE,   b. 14 Oct 1852, Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1934 (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 22 Feb 1871  Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Francis Nelson Winder and Mary Eliza Whetstone
    Francis Nelson Winder and Mary Eliza
    Family ID F6347  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Walter WOOD,   b. 13 Sep 1877, Dayton, Columbia, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1956, , Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 4 Jul 1899  Dayton, Columbia, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Homer Audre WOOD,   b. 1901   d. 1973 (Age 72 years)
     2. Leverett WOOD,   b. 1907, , , Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F2348  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google Mapscemetery - Mountain View Cemetery - Aug 1963 - Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Aug 1963 - Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Delilah Winder
    Delilah Winder
    winder-delilah 2.jpg
    winder-delilah 2.jpg

  • Notes 
    • Dayton, Columbia Co, WA newspaper, 29 Aug 1963 (transcribed by Liz Carson):
      Lila Wood, 82, Dies Montday, Service Today
      Mrs. Lila Winder Wood, 82, native daughter of Columbia County, passed away Monday afternoon August 26, at a hospital in Walla Walla.
      Mrs. Wood, mother of Leverett Wood of Dayton, had been in ill health for the past four years and for the past ten months had made her home at the Whitman Manor Nursing Home in Walla Walla.
      Funeral services will be conducted at 3p.m. today August 29 from the DeWitt Funeral Home in Walla Walla. Cremation will follow.
      Mrs. Wood was born December 12, 1880 in Columbia County, then Washington territory. She was the daughter of Francis N. Winder and Mary E. Whetstone. She and George W. Wood were married July 4, 1900. He preceded her in death a number of years ago.
      Her father was born in Coshocton, Ohio, in 1839. He moved to Walla Walla in 1861 and to Dayton in 1864 and to Dayton in 1864. Her mother was born in the Willamette valley of Oregon on October 14, 1852. Walla Walla in 1861 . Her parents crossed the plains and later settled in Columbia county, the area now known as Whetstone Hollow.
      Mrs. Wood moved to Dayton in 1916 and later moved to Long Beach, Calif. She returned to Dayton in 1959 and lived here until entering the nursing home in Walla Walla.
      Members of the family include two wons, Leverett Wood of Dayton and Homer Wood of Long Beach, Calif; one sister, Mrs Julius (Edna) Stephens of Walla Walla; their grandchildren, Kevin G. Wood and Kerry M. Wood, both of Berkley, Calif., and Toni Wood Green of Garen Grove, Calif., and two great grandchildren.

  • Sources 
    1. [S43] Derek Doran-Wood, (Dec 1998).

    2. [S43] Derek Doran-Wood, (Dec 1998), Sep 2001 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S770] Washington, Columbia, Washington, Columbia -1887- Washington Territory Census, (Digital images. Ancestry. http://ancestry.com : 2006), (http://ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3).

      1) M.E. Winder, age 33, b. OR
      2) Alice M Winder, age 8, b. WA
      3) Della Winder, age 6, b. WA
      4) Wm Lee Winder, age 4, b. WA
      5) Jane Winder, age 1, b. WA
      Head of household

    4. [S211] Obituary for Jennie Burks, (Newspaper, Dayton, Comumbia Co, WA, 15 Sep 1949).

    5. [S212] Obituary for Frank Winder, (29 Oct 1953).


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